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As - Domitian VIRTVTI AVGVSTI S C, Virtus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 92-94 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.1#757, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).dom.757 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Virtus, the personification of courage and military virtue, standing right with right foot resting on a helmet, holding a grounded spear in her right hand and a parazonium (short sword) in her left. The figure is depicted in military attire, conveying the martial virtues associated with the imperial office. The senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) appears in the field to either side, affirming the senate's sanction for the bronze coinage issue. |
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The VIRTVTI AVGVSTI reverse type belongs to a broader Domitianic program of ideological coinage that intensified after 85 AD, when he assumed the permanent title of censor perpetuus and began remodeling his public image with increasing aggression. The personification of virtus — military valor specifically, not virtue in any abstract sense — was a deliberate choice for a emperor whose German campaigns of 83–85 AD remained politically contested, with senatorial opinion divided on whether the Chattan triumph had been genuinely earned.